Name of library or information center: Mariners' Museum Research Library and Archives

Name of parent organization (if applicable): Christopher Newport University

Title of person to which library or information center director reports:

Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?: ETKN

Do you provide access to your information collection to the general public (either on-site or on-line, with or without a fee)?: yes

Describe any special conditions for accessing your resources or services (e.g. by appointment, affiliations required): Visitor registration and archives are closed to the public; Tracing or photographing plans is prohibited

Provide a description of your information collection: Books, maps, manuscripts, photos, and other items that chronicle maritime history.

Do you maintain a knowledge base of lessons learned or best practices?:

Do you maintain a directory of experts or provide referrals to experts as part of your services?:

Are any of your training materials catalogued into OCLC?:

If you are affiliated with a library, please provide its name:

What types of data sets do you provide?:

What export formats do you offer?:

What types of metadata do you provide to help users locate or interpret data sets?:

Organization Type:Academic/Research Institution

Detailed Collection Information:

Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:

Books/monographs: 76000.0

Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued): 176.0

Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:

Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):

Microfiche/microfilm items:

Photographs or image files:

Videotapes and CDs:

Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.): Maps:
5,000

Does your staff have access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either directly or through your parent organization?:

Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:

Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:

Library Services and Affiliations

In what year was the library first established?: 1930

What days and hours are library services provided?: 9:00 - 5:00, M-Sat

If your library produces an online newsletter or other form of outreach publication, please provide a link or enter the name of the publication.:

OCLC Code (if applicable): vo3

What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:

With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:

Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:

Do you offer interlibrary loans?: Do not loan.

Do you lend through OCLC?:

What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:

What fees do you charge for lending?:

What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?: $0.25 a copy / $0.15 a copy for students

What fees do you charge for research or other services?: $10 fee for written request for about 45 minutes of research and photocopies of photos and related research materials, to be submitted in writing